Milling-machine for cloth.



Patented Dec. I6, 1902.

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J. C. TINKEB &. J. H. AHRAN. MILLING MACHINE FUR CLOTH. (Applicationfiled Ma y e, 1902 (No Model.)

J. C. TINKER & J. ABRAN. MILLING MACHINE FOR CLOTH.

(Application filed May 6, 1902.) (No Model.)

Patented Dec. I6, I902. 1

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. U ITED STATES FFICE.

JAMES CLAYTON TINKER AND JOHN HART ARRAN, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

MILLING-MACHINE FOR CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 716,147, dated. December16, 1902. Application filed May 6, 1902. $erial No. 106,148. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES CLAYTON TINKER and JOHN HART ARRAN, subjectsof the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Leeds, in thecounty of York, England, have invented new and useful Machinery forMilling, Securing, and Grabbing Textile Fabrics, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an improved natural milling-machine with whichis combined apparatus for scouring and crabbing for the purpose (in onemachine) of milling, scouring, and crabbing vicunas, worsted coatings,serges, tweeds, rugs, shawls, blankets, or other fabrics manufacturedfrom botany, saxony, crossbred, high or low class woolen or other yarns.Hitherto these processes have been carried out in separatemachines,entailing great labor and loss of time.

Our invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 a

' side elevation, of the machine.

In constructing our improved machine we provide a large bowl a,catch-box b, and pair of wooden or iron rollers c c, which may be eitherbare or padded; A pair of adjustable milling-boards d and e of anyapproved construction are provided, these being either plain,corrugated, convex, or concave and being employed either stationary orin any required position, or with a rocking motion produced bymeans ofsuitable cranks oreccentrics. (Notshown.) On these boards'the naturalmill is obtainedthat is to ,say, the goods are milled without the aid ofany weight, pressure, or force of any kind other than that obtained fromthe rollers c c.

ards f f, which are fixed on sole-plates-g, placed along each side of,the bowl (1. At the top of each standard f is a suitable wheel h orother device for applying pressure to the rollers c 0 when required.

The machine may be driven direct in the usual way by "means of fast andloose pulleys on the bottom roller-shaft 70. Preferably,

however, it is driven from a counter-shaft Z by means of fast pulley i,loose pulley j, and gear-wheelsmandn thereon and correspondinggear-wheels o and p on the shaft is, the

wheels m and n being fitted on a loose sleeve g, which slides onfeather-keys r r, fitted in the end of the counter-shaft Z. By thisarrangement two speeds are obtaineda quick speed for the millingoperation and a slow speed for the crabbing operationas may be desired.Levers s and rack-and-pinion gear ti, operated from the wheel u, areprovided for raising and lowering the crabbing-roller '0. A steam-pipe wis also provided at the rear of the machine for open steam-blowingduring the crabbing process when required. Suitable brake-rollers arefitted at the rear of the machine; also, a drawing-roller w in front forgoods not requiring to be milled. The brake -roller arrangementconsists, preferably, of a fixed rollery and loose roller .2, carried byarms 1 on an intermediate shaft 2 and operated by means of a handle atone end, so as to be interchangeable in position for the purpose ofvarying the braking power.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The goods are placed on themachine in the ordinary manner, passing between the main rollers c c,then over the adjustable millingboard cl, under the supplementarymillingboard 6, over the brake-roller, and back to the rollers c c, orfor ordinary scouring the goods may be passed through the main rollers c0, over the draw-roller m, through the bowl a, over the brake-roller,and back to the rollers c c. When these processes are completed, acrabbing-roller 'v is placed in position on the lever s, and pressure isapplied to the top roller 0 by means of the wheels h. It the goodsrequire also to be steam-blown, the steamis applied by means of theperforated pipe w. After the completion of these proc- The rollers c care carried by a pair of stand esses the crabbing-roller o is lowered tothe top of the bowl a by means ofthe wheel u, rack-and-pinion gear 15 t,and lever s and is placed in the extended arms 3 ready to be taken awayto the tentering machine, the goods having been milled, scoured,crabbed, and steam-blown in one machine.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

In a machine for milling, securing and crabbing textile material, thecombination, with a bowl, and a catch-box in the upper part of the bowl;of main rollers arranged one above the other over the catch-box, meansfor snproller and draw-roller, substantially as set porting and drivingthe said rollers, millingforth.

boards arranged in the said bowl, a crabbing- In testimony whereof wehave signed our roller supported on one side of the said main names tothis specification in the presence of 5 rollers, means for raising andlowering the two subscribing witnesses.

said Grabbing-roller, a draw-roller supported JAMES CLAYTON TINKER.above the said crabbing-roller and on the JOHN HART ARRAN.

same side of the said main rollers, and brake Witnesses:

mechanism arranged on the opposite side of ALLAN BENNETT,

1013116 said main rollers from the said crabbing- HARRY DAVIES.

